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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
Vol. CXXIV, No. 123
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Pierce Transit to offer summer Gig Harbor trolley service Posted online Fri., June 21 Gig Harbor residents and visitors will have an opportunity this summer to hop on a trolley for their trips between the historic downtown waterfront and the Uptown shopping district. Beginning July 9, Pierce Transit trolley service will offer trips every 30 minutes between 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with extended service to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The service will end on Sept. 28. "Trolley service has been a goal of the Gig Harbor community for a number of years," said Pierce Transit CEO Lynne Griffith. "With such strong support from community stakeholders, the time is right to pilot this project." "The trolley will help reduce congestion in downtown, connect the downtown and uptown districts and renew interest in public transportation," added Gig Harbor Councilmember and Pierce Transit Board Member Derek Young. The pilot project, which is a partnership between Pierce Transit, Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance, Merchants of Uptown, and the City of Gig Harbor, will not reduce existing service on Pierce Transit's Routes 100 and 102, which currently serve the City of Gig Harbor. More information is available online at piercetransit.org.
Learn more about Fort Nisqually Granary Building preservation project Posted online Fri., June 21 Images Courtesy Metro Parks Tacoma / Wikimedia Commons Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to be briefed Wednesday on a plan to save a 163-year-old historic structure at the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. According to officials at Metro Parks Tacoma and the City of Tacoma, the Granary Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. Although it was restored in 1934 and 1984, an effort is under way to raise $140,000 needed to address structural problems that threaten the building, according to the Fort Nisqually Foundation's Web site. "In recent years, Metro Parks Tacoma has become concerned about the structural stability of the Granary at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum," wrote Metro Parks Tacoma project manager Kristi Evans in a memo to the
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landmarks commission. Evans noted a structural engineer at BCRA completed a building analysis and developed a plan that meets historic preservation standards while adding the support needed to stabilize the building. The plan involves upgrading and renovating the roof structure to help protect the building against future wind, snow, and seismic events by adding steel framing members and replacing the cedar shake roof. The structural modifications would not be visible from the outside of the building, and minimally visible from the inside. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to discuss the issue during its public meeting on Weds., June 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street, Room 248. A copy of the agenda is available online at cms.cityoftacoma.org/cedd/TacomaCulture/Historic/2013/ documents/LPC_Packet_062613.pdf.